벼메뚜기(Oxya japonica japonica Thunberg) 물 추출물 LCT-CT의 항암면역 활성에 관한 유세포 분석학적 연구

A Flow Cytometrical Analysis of the Antitumor and Immunostimulatory Effects of LCT-CT, a Cold-water Extract Prepared from Rice Grasshopper Oxya japonica japonica Thunberg

Water extracts of rice grasshopper (Oxya japonica japonica Thurnberg) were prepared and their antitumor and immunostimulatory activities were investigated using a flow cytometer. When LCT-CT was ip injected into ICR mice at the dose of 33.3 mg/kg before and after the implantation of 4×105 cells/mouse of sarcoma 180 tumor cells, it inhibited the growth of the tumor cells by 96.6%, showed lymphoblstogenic activities on the splenic lymphocytes and increased the expression of CD25 molecules on the splenic T lymphocytes. When co-cultured with the splenic lymphocytes of a BALB/c mouse, LCT-CT showed strong immunostimulatory activities at the concentration of 25~100 µg/ml by significantly increasing lymphoblasts ratio and CD25 expression.